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A Revelation of Divine Love Changes the Deep Structure of our Being

Anita Mathias — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:12:35 +0000

The longest distance in the world is the eighteen inches from the head to the heart. Until our personal revelation of the love of God, we limp as Christians, impelled by duty, not desire, not love. But we really, really change in the deep structure of our being, when we realize what Karl Barth described as the […]

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In which I Remember that God Loves Me

Anita Mathias — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 18:11:30 +0000

Nowadays, when I look around my house and see mess, or when my eyes fall on expensive books I have bought but haven’t read, or I remember a project I started enthusiastically but haven’t completed, I tell myself the same thing: “God loves me.” When my blog is not growing; or I have been snubbed; […]

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Will We Let Anything Separate God from Our Love?

Anita Mathias — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 19:14:10 +0000

In Romans, Paul says that nothing neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. No matter what we do, no matter […]

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Poor Me and Amazing Me: Which Narrative is Yours?

Anita Mathias — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:48:59 +0000

Sometimes, going through my Facebook newsfeed, I see two narratives: Poor Me and Amazing Me. Poor Me status updates are largely negative: ill-health, the misadventures of children, looming deadlines, crushing work loads, exhaustion, the intransigence of schools, employers, medical services; the inadequacy of tax-payer money funnelled towards their needs, the anguish of the entitled! And […]

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In which I Confront the Accuser of the Brethren, Or Divine Prozac for “Bad” Mummies

Anita Mathias — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:09:53 +0000

If the accuser of the brethren Has a favourite weapon, it is this: “Bad mummy.” Yeah, he’s always coming up against me “You should have nursed longer, Eaten better when you were pregnant, Given them less sugar when they were little, Read more to them, and for longer, Kept their rooms tidier, Been […]

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In which I am Surprised by the Revelation of Divine Love

Anita Mathias — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:28:11 +0000

When I look around my room, And my eye lights on mess, And my actual word count And writing goals Bear no resemblance, And my day is slipping away And I am barely writing You know what I think most often? He loves me anyway. * * * It’s been a long […]

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In which I ponder False Starts & Dead Ends, & God says, “Come, Dance.”

Anita Mathias — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:51:00 +0000

I set aside a few hours one day a week to declutter.My maternal grandparents left a house full of a lifetime’s stuff which neither they, nor their three unmarried children who lived at home, had ever dealt with.And the accumulation made their house seem small and cramped and dark. Oh, how much space it […]

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When Was it Ever About My Deserving? Or Why The Gospel is Good News

Anita Mathias — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:32:00 +0000

I had a fail on holiday. For perhaps the longest period since I became a Christian, I neglected sitting down with my Bible, or having a dedicated period of prayer. I got annoyed with one, then two, then perhaps even three members of my family. The only reason I didn’t get annoyed with any […]

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In Which He Loves Me, Anyway

Anita Mathias — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:24:00 +0000

You love me On a fat day You love me on a weight loss day. It’s all the same to you. You love on a bad hair day You love me on a pretty day, You love me just the same. You love me on an inspired day, And on a sluggish sleep-in day. You love […]

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